Results from the annual Iowa Nutrient Research & Education Council crop survey show Iowa farmers planted more than 3.8 ...

In 2017, just 1.6 million acres of Iowa’s approximately 23 million acres of corn and soybean cropland had a cover crop ...

On a warm September day along the edge of the Sandhills in Box Butte County, a combine harvested dry edible beans. The beans ...

Iowa farmers who seeded cover crops this fall may have to wait until spring before seeing their fields carpeted in green, as ...

Farmers in the Coulee Region are preparing for the decommissioning of 22 dams by transitioning to soil health practices such ...

Farmers in the Coulee Region are preparing for the decommissioning of 22 dams by transitioning to soil health practices such ...

November has had its 10th-wettest start in the state. The corn harvest is 12 days ahead of the average schedule, with about 5 ...

Kick off with several rounds of tilling during summer. Then, as winter approaches, plant tough cover crops like winter rye or hairy vetch that hang on through the cold, or go with oats and field peas, ...

For instance, using cabbages as cover crops in Wales and Lower Saxony, Germany, decreases bacteria, fungi and nematodes affecting sugar beets. Oat cover crops have also been known to limit nematodes ...

The tonnage will cover around 25 per cent of PepsiCo’s crop fertiliser requirements in Europe, with the initial focus being ...